Using the Broadband Access Center for Cable Administrator User Interface

This chapter describes the administration activities performed using the Broadband Access Center (BAC) administrator user interface. These activities mainly involve monitoring the actions of various BAC components including:

Managing Users
Managing Devices
Searching For and Viewing Device Information
Viewing Servers

Note The procedures described in this chapter are presented in a tutorial manner. Wherever possible, examples are included to illustrate the possible results of each procedure.

Managing Users

Managing users involves adding, modifying, and deleting users who administer BAC. The following procedures include illustrated examples to demonstrate these functions. For example purposes, let us assume that:

A new user named user_1 is added. (See the "Adding a New User" section.)
The password is modified. (See the "Modifying Users" section.)
The user named Ace_Duffy is deleted. (See the "Deleting Users" section.)

Note The adding and deleting of user functions can only be performed by a user who is logged in as the Administrator.

Adding a New User

Adding a new user is a simple process of entering the user's name and creating a password. To add a new user:

Step 1 Click Users, from either the Main Menu or the Primary Navigation bar, and the Manage Users page appears. (See Figure 4-1.)

Figure 4-1 Example Manage Users Page

Step 2 Click Add and the Add User page appears. (See Figure 4-2.)

Figure 4-2 Add User Page

Step 3 Enter the new user's username and a password. In this example, the username is user_1.

Step 4 Confirm the new user's password and enter a description of the new user.

Tip Use the description field to identify the user's job or position; something that identifies the unique aspects of the new user.

Step 5 Click Submit when complete. Once the new user is added to the administrative database, the User Successfully Added page appears.

Step 6 Click the link indicated on this page and the Manage Users page appears with the new user added. (See Figure 4-3.)

Figure 4-3 Manage Users Page With a New User Added

After completing this procedure you will see that a new user has been added. It should be noted however, that the new user's password must be recorded and stored in a safe place. This helps to prevent the loss or theft of the password and possible unauthorized entry.

Modifying Users

You can modify both the password and description of any user entered into the administrative database. Changes to the password and description are the only modifications allowed.

Note Any nonadministrative user that is created in this application cannot be used to modify or delete the admin user. (See Figure 4-3.)

To modify user properties:

Step 1 From either the Main Menu or the Primary Navigation bar, click Users and a Manage User page, similar to that shown in Figure 4-4, appears.

Figure 4-4 Example Manage Users Page

Step 2 Click the desired user name and the Modify User page appears. (See Figure 4-5.)

Figure 4-5 Modify User Page

Step 3 Make the necessary changes to the password and, if required, the user's description.

Step 4 Click Submit. The User properties have been modified page appears.

Step 5 Click the link indicated on this page and the Manage Users page appears with the appropriately modified user description. (See Figure 4-6.)

Note In the example shown in Figure 4-6, the description of user_1 has changed from Assistant Administrator to System Admin. Regardless of the change you want to make to the description, you must enter (and confirm) a password.

Figure 4-6 Manage Users Page With a Modified User Added

Deleting Users

You can delete any user, except an administrator, that appears in the Manager Users page. To delete a user:

Step 1 From either the Main menu or the Primary Navigation bar, click Users and a Manage User page, similar to that shown in Figure 4-7, appears.

Figure 4-7 Example Manage Users Page

Note The default user called admin cannot be deleted.

Step 2 Click the Delete icon corresponding to the user you want to delete and the delete user dialog box appears. In this example, you would click the Delete icon corresponding to Ace_Duffy.

Step 3 Click OK to delete the selected user, or click Cancel to return to the previous page. The User successfully deleted page appears.

Step 4 Click the link indicated on this page and the Manage Users page appears without the deleted user. (See Figure 4-8.)

Figure 4-8 Manage Users Page Showing a Deleted User

After completing this procedure, you will see that the user has been deleted.

Managing Devices

This section describes how to manage devices, including adding and deleting devices using BAC.

Device management is performed from the Manage Devices page (Figure 4-9). To access this page, click the Devices link on the Main Menu, or click Devices in the Primary Navigation bar.

Figure 4-9 Example Manage Devices Page

Table 4-1 identifies the fields and buttons appearing in the Manage Devices page, as shown in Figure 4-9.

Table 4-1 Manage Devices Page

Field or Button	Description
Search Type	Displays a drop down list that identifies all available search types. The available search criteria includes: Class of service DHCP criteria Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) IP address MAC address Owner ID
MAC Address or MAC Address wildcard	Although this field is initially identified as the MAC Address or MAC Address wildcard, this is only the default indication. The title of this field changes depending on the Search Type selected. See the "Search Types" section for supported search criteria and the instructions for their use.
Page Size	Specifies the maximum number of search results that will be displayed in the page's content area, after each search.
Search	Click this button to begin searching. See the "Searching For and Viewing Device Information" section for additional information.
Add	Click this button to display the Add Device page. See the "Adding Devices" section for additional information.
Delete	Click this button to delete any selected a device. See the "Deleting Devices" section for additional information.
Regenerate	Click this button to regenerate the configuration for any selected device. See the "Regenerating Device Configurations" section for additional information.
Regenerate All	Click this button to regenerate the configurations of all devices having the specified search criteria. See the "Regenerating Device Configurations" section for additional information. Note This button only appears when you choose either the DHCP or class of service search type.
Reset	Click this button to reboot the device.
Identifier	Identifies the MAC address of each device.
Device Type	Identifies the device type. This can include: ATA186 ATA188 DOCSIS modems Computers PacketCable MTAs
Status	Identifies whether or not the device is provisioned. A provisioned device is one that has been registered using the API, or the administrative user interface, and has restarted on the network.
Details	Displays all available details for the selected device. See the "Viewing Device Details" section for additional information.

Adding Devices

To add a device:

Step 1 From the Manage Devices page, click Add. The Add device page appears as shown in Figure 4-10.

Figure 4-10 Adding a Device Page

Step 2 Choose the device type and class of service, and complete the other fields on the page.

Step 3 Click Submit to add the device, or Reset to clear all fields.

Table 4-7 identifies the Add Device page fields and buttons shown in Figure 4-10.

Table 4-2 Adding a Device Page Fields and Buttons

Field or Button	Description
Device Type	Displays a drop down list that identifies the available device types you can create within BAC. Available selections include: ATA 186 ATA 188 Computers DOCSIS modems PacketCable MTAs
MAC Address	This is the MAC address of the device being added. Enter the MAC address of the device being added in this field. When doing this, you must ensure that you enter the commas and colons in the appropriate positions. For example: 1,6,00:00:00:00:00:AE
Host Name	Identifies the device's host. For example, from an FQDN of node.cisco.com, node is the host name.
Domain Name	Identifies the domain within which the host resides. For example, from an FQDN of node.cisco.com, cisco.com is the domain name.
Owner Identifier	Identifies the device using something other than the host name. This may be a user ID, an account number, or may be left blank.
Class of Service	Specifies the class of service that the device is to be provisioned with.
DHCP Criteria	Specifies the DHCP criteria that the device is to be provisioned with.
Property Name	Identifies the name of the custom or built-in device property.
Property Value	Identifies the value of the property.

Note To specify a CPE DHCP criteria for a DOCSIS modem, for use with promiscuous computers, you must specify the property /provisioning/cpeDhcpCriteria. The value must be a valid DHCP criteria.

Deleting Devices

Deleting devices is a simple process, but one that you should use carefully as the only way to undo the delete, is to restore a previously backed up database or by re-adding the device.

Note Refer to the "Performing Database Restore" section for additional information if restoration of a backed up database becomes necessary.

To delete a device:

Step 1 From the Devices page, locate the device that you want to delete. You can use one of the search types for this purpose.

Step 2 Click the check box to the left of the desired device.

Step 3 Click Delete. The device record stored in the RDU database is removed.

Regenerating Device Configurations

It is sometimes necessary to change many different class of service or DHCP criteria parameters. When this happens, existing device configurations become stale and require regeneration of the configuration. To eliminate the need to manually regenerate each configuration, and reduce the potential for introducing errors, BAC provides a configuration regeneration service (CRS) that you can use to automatically regenerate all device configurations.

Device configurations are automatically regenerated whenever:

A class of service property is changed.
A DHCP criteria property changes.
An external file is replaced. This applies to files that are dynamic DOCSIS templates and are directly associated with a class of service.
New default classes of service or DHCP criteria are designated.

In addition, some configurations cannot be automatically regenerated, but must rely on manual regeneration using either the generationConfiguration() method or the administrator's user interface. Configurations that must be manually regenerated are those that become necessary whenever:

A technology default is changed.
The system defaults are changed.
A file that is included within another DOCSIS template is changed.

Note Regardless of how configurations are regenerated, they are not propagated to the devices until the device is rebooted.

Searching For and Viewing Device Information

You can search for device information a number of different ways using BAC. Each search result that you generate also carries with it a View Details function. The details that are displayed are identical no matter which search method you use.

To search for a device type, from the Manage Devices page, click the Search Type button and a drop-down list, similar to that shown in Figure 4-11, appears. Subsequent search pages contain screen components that may be unique to the search type selected.

When the number of search results is greater than the selected page size, paging controls appear in the lower-left corner of the page. These let you scroll forward or backward one page at a time, or to select a specific page. Refer to the "Scrolling Backward and Forward" section for additional information.

Figure 4-11 Sample Manage Devices Search Types

Note A maximum of 1000 results are returned for any query with a maximum of 75 results displayed per screen. You can change the default maximum by modifying the /adminui/maxReturned property, in <BPR_HOME>/rdu/conf/adminui.properties file, and then running the bprAgent restart jrun command (located in the /etc/init.d/ directory) to restart the BAC JRun component.

Search Types

You can search for specific devices using these functions:

Class of service search (See the "Class of Service Search" section.)
DHCP criteria search (See the "DHCP Criteria Search" section.)
Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) search (See the "FQDN Search" section.)
IP address search (See the "IP Address Search" section.)
MAC address search (See the "MAC Address Search" section.)
Owner ID search (See the "Owner ID Search" section.)

Class of Service Search

This search method lets you identify devices that belong to any selected class of service. Figure 4-12 illustrates the results of a class of service search.

Figure 4-12 Class of Service Search Results Page

Table 4-3 identifies the fields shown in Figure 4-12. Refer to Table 4-1 for definitions of the function buttons on this page.

Table 4-3 Class of Service Search Page

Field or Button	Description
Class of Service (Type)	Select the desired class of service from this drop down list.
Page Size	Specifies the maximum number of search results displayed in the page's content area, after each search. Note This function is also available on all other search criteria pages.
Search	Click this button to begin searching. When the search criteria is broad enough, or the database is large enough, there may be multiple pages showing the results of the search. The number of pages of search results are identified at the lower left corner of the page. Note This function is also available on all other search criteria pages.
Identifier	Identifies all devices matching the search criteria. Each of the identifiers displayed has a link to another page from which you can modify the device.
Device Type	Identifies the device type. This can include: ATA186 ATA188 DOCSIS modems Computers PacketCable MTAs
Status	Identifies whether or not the device is provisioned. A provisioned device is one that has been registered using the application programming interface (API), or the administrative user interface, and has booted on the network.
Details	Displays all available details for the selected device. See the "Viewing Device Details" section for additional information.

DHCP Criteria Search

The DHCP criteria search lets you identify devices that belong to certain DHCP criteria. Figure 4-13 illustrates the DHCP criteria search page.

Figure 4-13 DHCP Criteria Search Page

Table 4-4 identifies the fields and buttons shown in Figure 4-13. Refer to Table 4-1 for definitions of the function buttons on this page.

Table 4-4 DHCP Criteria Search Page

Field or Button	Description
DHCP Criteria (Type)	Select the desired DHCP criteria from this drop down list.
Identifier	Identifies all of the devices meeting the DHCP criteria entered above. Each of the identifiers displayed has a link to another page from which you can modify the device.
Device Type	Identifies the device type. This can include: ATA186 ATA188 DOCSIS modems Computers PacketCable MTAs
Status	Identifies whether or not the device is provisioned. A provisioned device is one that has been registered using the API, or the administrative user interface, and has booted on the network.
Details	Displays all available details for the selected device. See the "Viewing Device Details" section for additional information.

FQDN Search

The fully qualified domain name (FQDN) search is useful when searching for devices that are identified through the FQDN assigned by the DNS Server, especially when the device MAC address is unknown.

Example:

The web site www.cisco.com is a fully qualified domain name. In this domain name, www is the host, cisco is the second level domain, and .com is the third level domain. Figure 4-14 illustrates the FQDN Search page.

Figure 4-14 FQDN Search Page

Table 4-5 identifies the fields and buttons shown in Figure 4-14. Refer to Table 4-1 for definitions of the function buttons on this page.

Table 4-5 FQDN Search Page

Field or Button	Description
FQDN or FQDN Wildcard	Enter all or part of a FQDN in this field. You can use an asterisk () as a wildcard character when searching for several IP addresses. Use these formats when using wildcard characters to search: modem10.cisco.com .cisco.com .com Note Cisco does not recommend using the last wildcard search (*) in systems that support hundreds of thousands, or more, devices.
Page Size	See the Page Size description for the "Class of Service Search Page" in Table 4-3.
Search	See the Search description for the "Class of Service Search Page" in Table 4-3.
Identifier	Displays the FQDN that corresponds to the search criteria you entered in the FQDN field. Each identifier displays a link to another page, from which you can modify the device.
Device Type	Identifies the device type. This can include: ATA186 ATA188 DOCSIS modems Computers PacketCable MTAs
Status	Identifies whether or not the device is provisioned. A provisioned device is one that has been registered using the API, or the administrative user interface, and has booted on the network.
Details	Displays all available details for the selected device. See the "Viewing Device Details" section for additional information.

IP Address Search

The IP Address Search returns all devices on the network that currently have the specified DHCP leased IP address. Figure 4-15 illustrates the IP Address Search page.

Figure 4-15 IP Address Search Page

Table 4-6 identifies the fields and buttons shown in Figure 4-15. Refer to Table 4-1 for definitions of the function buttons on this page.

Table 4-6 IP Address Search Page

Field or Button	Description
IP Address	Enter the appropriate IP address in this field.
Page Size	See the Page Size description for the "Class of Service Search Page" in Table 4-3.
Search	See the Search description for the "Class of Service Search Page" in Table 4-3.
Identifier	Identifies all of the devices meeting the IP address search criteria entered above. Each of the identifiers displayed has a link to another page from which you can modify the device.
Device Type	Identifies the device type. This can include: ATA186 ATA188 DOCSIS modems Computers PacketCable MTAs
Status	Identifies whether or not the device is provisioned. A provisioned device is one that has been registered using the API, or the administrative user interface, and has booted on the network.
Details	Displays all available details for the selected device. See the "Viewing Device Details" section for additional information.

MAC Address Search

The MAC address search function is best used when you know the precise MAC address for a specific modem or when all devices with a specific vendor-prefix unambiguously identify the equipment vendor. Therefore, if you perform a MAC address search, you can identify, by the MAC address, the manufacturer and type of device. Figure 4-16 illustrates the MAC Address Search page.

Note The vendor-prefix is the first 3 octets of the MAC address. For example, for MAC address 1,6,aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff, the vendor-prefix is "aa:bb:cc".

Figure 4-16 MAC Address Search Page

Table 4-7 identifies the MAC Address Search page fields and buttons shown in Figure 4-16.

Table 4-7 MAC Address Search Page

Field or Button	Description
MAC Address or MAC Address wildcard	Enter the MAC address in this field using any of these formats: The full MAC address for any given device. For example: 1,6,00:00:00:00:00:AE Only the vendor-prefix portion of MAC address. For example: 1,6,00:00:00:* Note The asterisk wildcard character can be used in place of any MAC address octet. An asterisk () to search for all devices. If you use this input option, a limited number of search results are returned to you. For example: 1,6, Note Cisco does not recommend using the last wildcard search ( 1,6,*) in systems that support hundreds of thousands, or more, devices.
Page Size	See the Page Size description for the "Class of Service Search Page" in Table 4-3.
Search	See the Search description for the "Class of Service Search Page" in Table 4-3.
Identifier	Identifies all of the devices meeting the MAC address search criteria entered above. Each of the MAC addresses displayed has a link to another page from which you can modify the device.
Device Type	Identifies the device type. This can include: ATA186 ATA188 DOCSIS modems Computers PacketCable MTAs
Status	Identifies whether or not the device is provisioned. A provisioned device is one that has been registered using the API, or the administrative user interface, and has booted on the network.
Details	Displays all available details for the selected device. See the "Viewing Device Details" section for additional information.

Owner ID Search

The owner ID can identify a device, it could identify the service subscriber's account number, or anything else that uniquely identifies that device. Figure 4-17 illustrates the results of an Owner ID Search.

Note Wildcard searches are not supported in the Owner ID search function.

Figure 4-17 Devices by Owner ID Search Results Page

Table 4-8 identifies the fields shown in Figure 4-17. Refer to Table 4-1 for definitions of the function buttons on this page.

Table 4-8 Owner ID Search Page

Field or Button	Description
Owner ID	Enter the assigned owner ID in this field before clicking the Search button.
Identifier	Identifies all devices matching the search criteria. Each of the identifiers displayed has a link to another page from which you can modify the device.
Device Type	Identifies the device type. This can include: ATA186 ATA188 DOCSIS modems Computers PacketCable MTAs
Status	Identifies whether or not the device is provisioned. A provisioned device is one that has been registered using the API, or the administrative user interface, and has booted on the network.
Details	Displays all available details for the selected device. See the "Viewing Device Details" section for additional information.

Viewing Device Details

You can view the details of any device identified in the search results. To view any device details:

Step 1 Perform whichever search activity you require to locate the device that you want details of.

Step 2 Click the Details icon (
) corresponding to the device you want to view and a View Device Details page, similar to the one shown in Figure 4-18, appears.

Figure 4-18 Search Results Device Details Page

Note The information contained in the page shown in Figure 4-18 is largely dependent on the type of device you choose.

Table 4-9 identifies the fields shown Figure 4-18.

Table 4-9 MAC Address Search Device Details Page

Field or Button		Description
Device Details
	Device Type	Specifies the type of device found by the search. Available types include: ATA186 ATA188 Computer DOCSIS modems PacketCable MTAs
	MAC Address	Identifies the devices MAC address.
	FQDN	Identifies the fully qualified domain name for the selected device. For example, ACME.COM is a fully qualified domain name.
	Host Name	Identifies the host. For example, from the FQDN description above, ACME is the host name.
	Domain Name	Identifies the domain within which the host resides. For example, from the FQDN description above, .COM is the domain name.
	Behind Device	Identifies the device that this device is behind.
	Provisioning Group	Identifies the provisioning group to which the device is assigned.
	DHCP Criteria	Identifies the DHCP criteria used. This is an active link that, if clicked, displays the appropriate Modify DHCP Criteria page.
	CPE DHCP Criteria	Identifies the DHCP criteria used for customer premises equipment, when in the Promiscuous mode.
	Device Properties	Identifies any properties, other than those displayed on this page, that can be set for this device. These are custom properties.
	Device Provisioned State	Identifies whether the device is provisioned or not. A device is provisioned only when it is registered and has booted on the network.
	Device Registered State	Identifies whether the device is registered or not.
	Relay Agent Circuit Identifier	Identifies the relay agent circuit identifier of the device. This is equivalent to DHCP option 82, sub option 1.
	Relay Agent Remote Identifier	Identifies the relay agent remote identifier of the device. This is the equivalent to the DHCP option 82, sub option 2.
	Client Identifier	Identifies the client identification used by the device in its DHCP messages.
	Client Request Host Name	Identifies the host name that the client requested in its DHCP messages.
	Class of Service	Identifies the class of service assigned to this device.
	Owner Identifier	Identifies the device. This may be a user ID, and account number, or may be blank.
DHCP Information
	DHCP Inform Dictionary	Identifies additional information that the Network Registrar extensions send to the RDU when requesting the generation of a configuration. This is for internal BAC use only.
	DHCP Request Dictionary	Identifies the DHCPDISCOVER or DHCPREQUEST packet details that were sent from the Network Registrar extensions to the RDU when requesting the generation of a configuration.
	DHCP Response Dictionary	This field is for internal BAC use only; it should always be empty.
	DHCP Environment Dictionary	This field is for internal BAC use only; it should always be empty.
Lease Information
	IP Address	Identifies a device's IP address.
	DHCP Lease Properties	Identifies the lease properties, this should always be empty.
Technology Specific Information
Note The technology specific information only identifies data that is germane to the technologies you are licensed to use.
	XGCP Ports	Identifies the ports on which the gateway control protocol is active.
	DOCSIS Version	Identifies the DOCSIS version currently in use.

Viewing Servers

This section describes the BAC administrator view server pages:

Listing Device Provisioning Engines

The List Device Provisioning Engines page (Figure 4-19) lets you monitor the list of all, currently registered DPEs.

Figure 4-19 List Device Provisioning Engines Page

Table 4-10 identifies the fields and buttons shown in Figure 4-19.

Table 4-10 View Device Provisioning Engines Page

Field or Button	Description
Device Provisioning Engine	Identifies all DPEs registered with the BAC database. Each of the DPEs displayed in this screen is a link to another page that shows the details for that DPE. Click this link and the details screen appears.

Viewing Device Provisioning Engine Details

Figure 4-20 illustrates a sample View Device Provisioning Engine Details page. This page displays the current status for the selected DPE server, and includes information, such as the number of requests being handled and any error state flags.

Complete this procedure to view all BAC details:

Step 1 Choose Servers on the Primary Navigation bar.

Step 2 Choose DPEs from the Secondary Navigation bar. All connected DPEs appear in the List DPEs page similar to that shown in Figure 4-19.

Step 3 Locate the desired DPE, if more than one is displayed. You might have to use the scroll buttons, in the lower-left of the page, to find the required DPE.

Step 4 Click the link for the appropriate DPE and the details page, similar to that shown in Figure 4-20, appears.

Figure 4-20 View Device Provisioning Engine Details Page

Table 4-11 identifies the fields and buttons shown in Figure 4-20.

Table 4-11 View Device Provisioning Engine Details Page

Field or Button		Description
Device Provisioning Engine Details
	Host Name	Identifies the DPE host name.
	Port	Identifies the DPE port number.
	IP Address	Identifies the IP address of the DPE.
	Primary Provisioning Group(s)	Identifies the primary provisioning groups that the selected DPE belongs to. This is an active link that, if clicked, displays the Provisioning Group Details page for that provisioning group.
	Secondary Provisioning Group(s)	Identifies the secondary provisioning group (provided that this DPE belongs to a secondary provisioning group) that the selected DPE belongs to.
	PacketCable Enabled	Identifies whether or not the PacketCable voice technology is enabled on this DPE.
	Properties	Identifies which properties have been assigned to this DPE.
	Version	Identifies the version of DPE software currently in use.
	Up Time (in seconds)	Specifies the total amount of time that the DPE has been operational since its last period of down time.
	State	Identifies whether or not the DPE is ready for operations. Note If this field reads Offline, the version, up time and all fields below, are not displayed.
Cache Details
	Hits	Identifies the number of cache hits that have occurred since the last time the DPE was started.
	Misses	Identifies the number of cache misses that have occurred since the last time the DPE was started.
	Files	Identifies the number of cache files that are currently stored in the DPE.
	Configurations	Identifies how many device configuration files are saved in cache.
TFTP Statistics
	Packets Received	Identifies the number of TFTP packets that have been received by the selected DPE.
	Packets Dropped	Identifies the number of TFTP packets that have been dropped due to the DPE being overloaded.
	Packets Successful	Identifies the number of TFTP packets that have been transmitted successfully.
	Packets Failed	Identifies the number of TFTP packets that have failed during transmission.
Time of Day Statistics
	Packets Received	Identifies the number of Time of Day packets that have been received by the selected DPE.
	Packets Successful	Identifies the number of Time of Day packets that have been transmitted successfully.
	Packets Failed	Identifies the number of Time of Day packets that have failed during transmission.
PacketCable SNMP Statistics
	SNMP Informs Successful	Identifies the number of inform requests that have been successfully sent.
	SNMP Sets Successful	Identifies the number of successful SNMP sets.
	Configuration Informs Successful	Identifies the number of SNMP informs received from PacketCable MTAs indicating that they were successfully provisioned.
	Configuration Informs Failed	Identifies the number of SNMP informs received from PacketCable MTAs indicating that they failed to be provisioned.

Listing Network Registrar Extension Points

To list the Network Registrar extension points, from the Servers tab, click NRs. The List Network Registrar Extension Points page, similar to that shown in Figure 4-21, appears. This page lists the extension points for all Network Registrar servers that have been registered with the RDU, and are configured for use with BAC. Network Registrar servers automatically register with the RDU when those servers are started.

Figure 4-21 List Cisco Network Registrar Extension Points Page

Table 4-12 identifies the fields and buttons shown in Figure 4-21.

Table 4-12 List Cisco Network Registrar Extension Points Page

Field or Button	Description
Network Registrar Extension Point	Identifies the Network Registrar extension points. Each of the extension points displayed has a link to another page that shows the details for that point.

Viewing Network Registrar Extension Point Details

Complete this procedure to view the extension point details of any selected Network Registrar server:

Step 1 Choose Servers on the Primary Navigation bar.

Step 2 Choose NRs from the Secondary Navigation bar. All connected Network Registrar servers appear in the List Cisco Network Registrar page similar to that shown in Figure 4-21.

Step 3 Locate the desired Network Registrar server if more than one is displayed. You might have to use the scroll buttons, in the lower-left of the page, to find the required server.

Step 4 Click the link to the desired extension point and the details page, similar to that shown in Figure 4-22, appears.

Figure 4-22 View Cisco Network Registrar Details Page

Table 4-13 identifies the fields and buttons shown in Figure 4-22.

Table 4-13 View Network Registrar Extension Point Details Page

Field or Button		Description
Network Registrar Extension Point Details
	Host Name	Displays the host name of the system running Network Registrar.
	IP Address	Identifies the IP address of the Network Registrar.
	Provisioning Group	Identifies the provisioning group for this Network Registrar servers. This is an active link that, if clicked, displays the Provisioning Group Details page for that provisioning group.
	PacketCable Enabled	Identifies whether or not the PacketCable voice technology is enabled.
	Properties	Identifies the properties that are applied to the selected Network Registrar.
	Version	Identifies the extension point version currently in use.
	Up Time	Identifies how long the Network Registrar extension point has been operational. This is indicated in hours, minutes, and seconds.
	State	Identifies whether or not the extension point is operational. Note If the state indicated is Offline, the Up Time, version, and extension point statistics are not displayed.
Network Registrar Extension Point Statistics
	Packets Received	Identifies the number of packets that have been received.
	Packets Ignored	Identifies the number of packets that were ignored.
	Packets Dropped	Identifies the number of packets that were dropped.
	Packets Successful	Identifies the number of packets that transferred successfully.
	Packets Failed	Identifies the number of packets that failed to be transferred.
Device Provisioning Engine(s) Details
	DPE	Identifies the IP address of the device provisioning engine.
	Port	Identifies the DPE port number.
	Type	Identifies whether this DPE is a primary or secondary DPE.
	Status	Identifies whether or not the DPE is operational.

Listing Provisioning Groups

To list provisioning groups, click the Server tab, then click Provisioning Groups. The List Provisioning Groups page, similar to that shown in Figure 4-23, appears. This list identifies all of the provisioning groups within the system.

Figure 4-23 List Provisioning Groups Page

Table 4-14 identifies the fields and buttons shown in Figure 4-23.

Table 4-14 List Provisioning Groups Page

Field or Button	Description
Provisioning Group	Identifies all provisioning groups. Each provisioning group displayed has a link to another page that shows the details for that group.

Viewing Provisioning Group Details

Complete this procedure to view all BAC provisioning group details:

Step 1 Choose Servers on the Primary Navigation bar.

Step 2 Choose Provisioning Groups from the Secondary Navigation bar. All configured provisioning groups appear in the Provisioning Groups page similar to that shown in Figure 4-23.

Step 3 Locate the desired provisioning group if more than one is displayed. You might have to use the scroll buttons, in the lower-left of the page, to find the required group.

Step 4 Click the provisioning group link and the details page, similar to that shown in Figure 4-24, appears.

Figure 4-24 View Provisioning Group Details Page

Table 4-15 identifies the fields and buttons shown in Figure 4-24. The fields described in Table 4-15 may include active links that, if clicked, will display the appropriate details page.

Table 4-15 View Provisioning Groups Details Page

Field or Button	Description
Name	Identifies the provisioning group name selected from the List Provisioning Groups page.
Primary Device Provisioning Engine(s)	Identifies the host names of the DPEs that are primary for this provisioning group.
Secondary Device Provisioning Engine(s)	Identifies the host names of the DPEs that are secondary for this provisioning group.
Network Registrar Extension Points	Identifies the host name of the Network Registrar server assigned to this provisioning group.

Viewing Regional Distribution Unit Details

The Regional Distribution Unit page lets you view the pertinent details of that RDU. To view the BAC RDU details:

Step 1 Choose Servers on the Primary Navigation bar.

Step 2 Choose RDU from the Secondary Navigation bar. The RDU details appear in the View Regional Distribution Unit page similar to that shown in Figure 4-25.

Figure 4-25 View Regional Distribution Unit Details Page

Table 4-16 identifies the fields and buttons shown in Figure 4-25.

Table 4-16 View RDU Details Page

Field or Button		Description
Regional Distribution Unit Details
	Host Name	Identifies the host name of the system that is running the regional distribution unit.
	Port	Identifies the RDU listening port number. While the default port number is 49187, the port number displayed in this field is the same as that entered as the Regional Distribution Unit Host/Port screen during installation.
	IP Address	Identifies the IP address assigned to the RDU.
	Properties	Identifies the RDU properties that are used for server configuration and control.
	Version	Specifies the version of RDU software currently in use.
	Up Time	Specifies the total amount of time that the RDU has been operational since its last period of down time.
	State	Identifies whether or not the RDU is ready to respond to requests.
PACE Statistics
	Batches Processed	Identifies how many individual batches have been processed while the PACE engine has been operating.
	Batches Succeeded	Identifies how many individual batches have been successfully processed while the PACE engine has been operating.
	Batches Dropped	Identifies how many batches have been dropped while the PACE engine has been operating.
	Batches Failed	Identifies how many batches have failed processing while the PACE engine has been operating.
	Average Processing Time	Identifies the average time, in milliseconds, that it takes to process the batch excluding the time it spends in the queue if RDU is too busy.
	Average Batch Processing Time	Identifies the average time, in milliseconds, that it takes to process the batch including the time it spends in the queue if RDU is too busy.
Configuration Regeneration Statistics
	State	Identifies whether or not the configuration regeneration service is ready to respond to requests.
	Requests Processed	Identifies how many configuration regeneration requests have been processed.
Device Statistics
	DOCSIS Modems	Identifies the number of DOCSIS modems are currently identified in the RDU.
	Computers	Identifies the number of computers are currently identified in the RDU.
	ATA 186/ATA 188	Identifies the number and type of ATA devices are currently identified in the RDU.
	Packet Cable MTA	Identifies the number of MTAs are currently identified in the RDU.

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